Apple Watch Apps Demonstrated During Apple Event

Siri functionality echoes the app for the iPhone, as Apple demonstrated on stage by using Siri to check the weather, set a reminder, and play around with WeChat messaging. Apple Pay was also mentioned, as it will be a feature of the wearable tech device. Other apps shown off during the demo included:

Instagram

Uber

Apple Pay

Passbook

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Twitter

Shazam

Passbook functionality includes streamlining of the airport security process for those eligible. A barcode is displayed on the face of the watch that can be scanned by security for quicker movement through airports.

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The Apple Watch also has a Starwood Preferred Guest, or SPG, app, that will store your booking information and unlock your hotel room door.

Apple also showed off an alarm.com app that monitors the locked areas of your home in real time. During the demo, they showed off a garage door being opened remotely through the app on the phone. Apple also touched briefly on its WatchKit SDK for app development for its new device.

The Apple Watch app will be in iOS 8.2 for iPhone and is available today.